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Socially distanced ibis
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Man, you guys have pretty ibises. Ours here in colombia are black.
A friend tells me that they're called bin chickens and that they smell abominable.
Planet Earth: Bin chicken
OK, tongue in cheek but I noticed that the bins in the video were either open or overflowing with bags that can be pierced, not secured under a lid.
I wonder if one day they'll study the cast-iron digestive system of this species. We may learn something about survival. The way we're going at the moment and its repercussions we may learn to throw out less food and also eat and and smoke less poison and not play 'I've got a bigger nuke than yours'. In which case, survivors will be scavenging too and we'll be smelling like bin chickens.
If we were surviving on bin contents, we'd smell too. If you want to know more about them: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/offtrack/behind-the-ibis-invasion/6842242
Ha! That's amusing. The Australian white ibis has a reputation locally for being a really ugly bird, with their kinda dirty off-white coat. Personally I don't entirely agree and I think they have an unfair reputation. They've adapted really well to the human environment, and are particularly fond of rubbish tips and rubbish bins. It's earned them the nickname "bin chicken".
But if you want a bird that's much more attractive looking, the straw-necked ibis looks exactly like the white ibis, if it was wearing a shiny black/blue/green cape.